Marvel Cinematic History: Retrace a Legacy of Marvel Movies with This Handy Infographic

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was but a mere bright spark in the baseball capped head of Kevin Feige, Marvel and their numerous IPs had a tepid and understated but fairly constant affair with the box-office.

Since the '80s cinema has been graced by a Marvel IP roughly every 3 to 4 years, and that's a feat seeing as there was next to no focus on superhero/comic movies way back when, and the entertainment giants' first movies weren't exactly critically lauded either.

The guys over at Shirts have put together this stunning infographic detailing every single Marvel release ever, and a few of them will make you "oooh yeah!" in nostalgic glee.

Feel like having a look?

(Nearly) Every Marvel Movie Ever

So Blade was Marvel's first sure-fire awesome movie! Did you know that? It's definitely still one of my favorite comic movies, because, you know, Snipes and swords.

But speaking of favorites, let's have a look at the internet's favorite Marvel movies, in a lovely little list. Because who doesn't like a list?

Marvel's Super-Movies: The Definitive Ranking*

*According to Rotten Tomatoes

Where some of the movies fall will most definitely surprise you, I mean X-Men Origins' placement made me scratch my head:

39. Elektra - 10%

38. Howard the Duck - 14%

37. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 17%

36. The Punisher (1989) - 28%

35. Ghost Rider - 26%

34. Punisher: War Zone - 27%

33. Blade: Trinity - 26%

32: Fantastic Four - 26%

31. The Punisher - 29%

30. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - 37%

29. X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 38%

28. Daredevil - 44%

27. Blade - 54%

26. Blade II - 57%

25. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 53%

24. X-Men: The Last Stand - 58%

23. Hulk - 61%

22. Spider-Man 3 - 63%

21. Thor: The Dark World - 66%

20. The Incredible Hulk - 67%

19. The Wolverine - 70%

18. Iron Man 2 - 72%

17. Ant-Man - 80%

16. The Amazing Spider-Man - 72%

15. Thor - 77%

14. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 74%

13. Captain America: The First Avenger - 79%

12. X-Men - 81%

11. Iron Man 3 - 79%

10. X2: X-Men United - 86%

9. X-Men: First Class - 87%

8. Spider-Man - 89%

7. Big Hero 6 - 89%

6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 89%

5. Spider-Man 2 - 93%

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 91%

3. Guardians of the Galaxy - 91%

2. The Avengers - 92%

1. Iron Man - 94%

Iron Man ahead of The Avengers?! Surely that's a bit controversial, no? What do you think? Sound off in the comments below!